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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:20:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> To: Matt Fleming <mattjfleming@...glemail.com> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: ktime_set() does not check for nanoseconds > one second On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Matt Fleming wrote: > > is it intentional that ktime_set() does not check whether the > nanoseconds argument is greater than the number of nanoseconds in a > second? I've run into a problem where a value of 1600000000 > nanoseconds was passed as an argument to ktime_set() and the return > value was then used in a ktime_add() call, which returned an incorrect > result. Should the caller of ktime_set() make this check or is it > possible to move this logic in to the function itself? Yeah, a check for this in ktime_set() might make sense. Currently it's up to the programmer to provide sane values. :) Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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